Upcoming Event: Men's Tennis versus ITA Regional Championship on October 16, 2025
Men's Tennis
vs ITA Regional Championship
2022-23 Men's Tennis Roster
Johns, Garrett
Garrett Johns
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 155
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, Ga.
- High School:
- Holy Innocents' Episcopal School
Bio
Honors:
Team Captain (2022, 2023, 2024)
Singles All-American (2023)
Doubles All-American (2024)
All-ACC Singles Team (2021 – 2nd, 2022 – 2nd, 2023 – 1st, 2024 – 1st)
All-ACC Doubles Team (2023 – 1st, 2024 – 1st)
ITA Scholar-Athlete (2020)
All-ACC Academic Team (2023, 2024)
ACC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2023, 2024)
Charles Hamilton Hargrave Most Valuable Player Award (2022, 2024)
Professional Circuit:
ITF Men's Singles 15K Futures Title – Memphis, Tenn. (2022)
ITF Men's Singles 15 Futures Title – Monastir, Tunisia (2023)
ITF Men's Singles 15 Futures Title – Fayetteville, Ark. (2023)
ITF Men's Singles 15 Futures Title – Winston-Salem, N.C. (2023)
ITF Men's Singles 15 Futures Title – Vero Beach, Fla. (2024)
ITF Men’s Doubles 25K Futures Title – Wichita, Kan. (2023)
ITF Men’s Doubles 25K Futures Title – Tulsa, Okla. (2023)
ITF Men’s Doubles 25K Futures Title – Gandia, Spain (2023)
ITF Men’s Doubles 25K Futures Title – Harlingen, Texas (2023)
DUKE CAREER: Lettered five seasons (2020-21-22-23-24) ... three-time team captain (2022-23-24) … 2023 Singles All-American and 2024 Doubles All-American … four-time All-ACC singles recipient in 2021 (2nd), 2022 (2nd), 2023 (1st), and 2024 (1st) and two-time All-ACC doubles honoree in 2023 (1st) and 2024 (1st) … two-time All-ACC Academic Team recipient (2023 and 2024) and 2020 ITA Scholar-Athlete … earned the team’s Charles Hamilton Hargrave Most Valuable Player Award on two occasions (2022 and 2024) … concluded Duke career with a record of 86-46 in singles play and a 81-40 doubles mark while recording dual ledgers of 63-32 and 65-28, respectively … in ACC play, tallied a career mark of 24-15 in singles and 25-11 in doubles … defeated 25 ranked singles opponents and ranked as high as No. 4 nationally in 2023 … notched 27 wins over ranked doubles opponents and ranked as high as No. 1 in the country with teammate Pedro Rodenas in 2024 … tallied a 50-31 record on court one in singles action and a 41-21 ledger on the top court in doubles play … competed in the NCAA Individual Championships in singles (2022, 2023, 2024) and doubles (2021, 2023, 2024).
2023-24: Doubles All-American … First Team singles All-ACC honoree and First Team doubles All-ACC recipient … team captain ... All-ACC Academic Team selection … earned the team’s Charles Hamilton Hargrave Most Valuable Player Award … compiled a 16-7 overall record ledger, including a 16-6 dual-match mark, which was second on the team … also finished 8-2 in ACC play … went 14-5 on court one and 2-1 in court two … as Duke’s top singles player, held a 9-6 mark against nationally ranked opponents, including a 6-2, 6-4 victory over No. 11 Cooper Williams of No. 8 Harvard … finished tied for tops on the team with six match-clinching wins over Yale, No. 11 Kentucky, No. 68 Clemson, No. 65 Virginia Tech, No. 52 Notre Dame, and No. 7 Wake Forest … ranked in the top 25 for much of the dual season, climbing as high as No. 21 twice in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings … won five of opening six dual matches, including two over nationally ranked foes … six of seven losses came to nationally ranked opponents, including five in the top-25 … represented Duke at the NCAA Individual Singles Tournament … named ACC Player of the Week on three different occasions (February 13, March12 and April 2) … in doubles action, played with teammates Jake Krug, Pedro Rodenas and Alexander Visser and compiled a team-best 23-6 overall record with a 21-5 dual-match mark … finished ACC play with a 9-2 ledger … registered a 17-4 mark on court one and a 4-1 record on court two … posted a 16-4 ledger against nationally ranked foes … selected ACC Doubles team of the Week with teammate Pedro Rodenas three times (March 12, April 2, and April 16) … put together a 12-match winning streak with Rodenas from March 8-May 4 with all wins coming against nationally ranked foes … defeated No. 1 DK Suresh Ekambaram and Holden Koons of No. 7 Wake Forest 7-6 (2) for highest career ranked win … also added wins over the No. 7, No. 9 and No. 10 ranked doubles pairings … reached a career-high ranking of No. 1 in doubles play on April 16 … represented Duke at the NCAA Individual Doubles Tournament and advanced to the quarterfinals with teammate Rodenas … finished the year ranked by ITA as the No. 29 singles player and No. 2 doubles team.
2022-23: Singles All-American … unanimous first team singles All-ACC honoree and first team doubles All-ACC recipient … team captain ... All-ACC Academic Team selection … finished third on the team with 20 overall singles wins (20-15) and tied for third with 14 dual victories (14-11) … also posted a 5-6 ACC ledger … as Duke’s top singles player, held an 8-11 mark against nationally ranked opponents, including a 6-2, 6-4 victory over No. 4 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc of No. 19 Florida State … earned two match-clinching wins … ranked in the top 20 for the entire dual match season, climbing as high as No. 4 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings … started the dual season winning nine of opening 12 matches, including five over nationally ranked opponents … of the 15 losses, five were to opponents ranked in the top-50 and two were to opponents in the top-10 … represented Duke at the NCAA Individual Singles Tournament, earning a 9-16 seed … in doubles action, played with teammate Pedro Rodenas to record a team-best 23-7 overall ledger, including an impressive 17-4 in dual matches … posted an undefeated ACC mark of 7-0 … went 10-2 on the top court and 7-2 on court two … finished 4-2 against nationally ranked foes … selected ACC Men's Tennis Doubles Team of the Week on two occasions (March 28 and April 4) … claimed wins in 15 of opening 17 matches that went final to begin the dual season, including three over top-55 competition … posted victories in the NCAA Tournament First and Second Rounds to help lift Duke to its first NCAA Tournament Super Regional appearance since 2015 … duo earned biggest win of the season in first round of NCAA Individual Doubles Tournament after besting No. 6 Trent Bryde and Ethan Quinn of Georgia 6-4, 7-6 (5) … finished the year ranked by ITA as the No. 18 singles player and No. 20 doubles team with Rodenas.
2021-22: Second team All-ACC honoree … team captain ... earned the team’s Charles Hamilton Hargrave Most Valuable Player Award ... finished tied for second on the team with 19 overall singles wins (19-10) and 13 dual victories (13-7) … also posted a 6-4 ACC ledger … as Duke’s top singles player, held an 8-8 mark against nationally ranked opponents, including a match-clinching victory over No. 22 Brian Cernoch of No. 17 North Carolina … earned five match-clinching wins, which were second-most on the team … ranked in top-50 nearly all year, including a final ranking of No. 49 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) … finished 4-3 in final 10 matches, including a 6-3, 7-5 victory over David Stevenson of Memphis in Duke’s NCAA Tournament First Round win … represented Duke at the NCAA Individual Singles Tournament to become the first Blue Devil in the national singles competition since Nicholas Alvarez made the field in 2018 … bested No. 55 Ryan Seggerman of Princeton 6-2, 6-2 in the opening round before dropping a three-set thriller to No. 28 and eventual NCAA singles semifinalist Sam Riffice of Florida 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 ... selected ACC Men's Tennis Player of the Week on March 22nd following performance against UNC's Cernoch ... in doubles action, played with four different doubles players and finished with a winning record on each of the three courts (6-6 on court one, 4-2 on court two and 2-0 on court three) … compiled 16 overall doubles wins and 12 dual match victories to lead the team … went 4-4 in ACC action and 3-7 against nationally ranked foes … teamed up the majority of the time for the second consecutive season with teammate Sean Sculley on court one … the pair posted a 8-9 overall record, including a 6-7 mark in dual action … on the main court, the duo earned a 5-6 ledger … the duo dropped a three-set nail-biter to No. 39 Chris Rodesch and Ryan Goetz of Virginia 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 10-6 in the consolation semifinals of the ITA All-American Championships … also teamed up with Michael Heller to go 3-1, including a 6-4 victory over No. 21 Emile Hudd and Shunsuke Mitsui of No. 6 Tennessee in the NCAA Tournament Second Round.
2020-21: Second team All-ACC honoree … concluded the year with a 10-9 overall mark during singles action, including an 9-8 dual record on Duke’s top court … finished ACC play with a 3-4 record and a 2-4 mark against nationally ranked opponents … ranked in top-100 nearly all year, including a final ranking of No. 73 by the Oracle/Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) … won three of last five matches, including wins over No. 34 Adria Soriano Barrera of Miami and No. 47 Jakub Wojcik of South Florida … defeated N.C. State’s Robin Catry 6-1, 6-4 during the ACC Challenge for first win of the year … bested Marcus McDaniel of Georgia Tech 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 for first ACC victory of the season … clinched two matches for Duke and had 5-of-10 matches against ranked opponents go unfinished … in doubles action, finished with an 10-11 mark, including a 5-4 record in ACC play … registered a 8-9 record on court one and a 1-0 mark on court three … teamed up the majority of the time with Sean Sculley on court one as the pair finished with a 9-9 mark, including a 4-4 record in ACC play … on the main court, registered a record of 8-8 and a 4-5 mark against ranked opponents … ranked as a top-20 doubles team for much of the year and finished the season as the No. 25 ranked team by the Oracle/Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) … the pair represented Duke as an at-large bid to the 2021 NCAA Doubles Championship, where they fell in the opening round 6-0, 6-4 to No. 3 seeded Pat Harper and Adam Walton of Tennessee … the duo defeated No. 45 Fabien Salle and Matthew Fung 7-6 (4) of No. 49 Louisville at the 2021 ACC Championships … had four matches go unfinished during doubles action, including a 4-4 tie with No. 10 Carl Soderlund and William Woodall from No. 6 Virginia.
2019-20: ITA Scholar-Athlete recipient ... collected a team-high 21 singles wins (21-5) before freshman year was shorted by COVID-19 ... finished 9-5 overall in doubles action ... compiled a 12-1 mark in dual rookie campaign with eight wins coming at No. 4 and No. 6 singles while going 6-2 in doubles … battled for a 7-6, 6-7, 1-0 (10-7) win at No. 14 Wake Forest … only loss of the dual season was to No. 17 Tennessee’s Pat Harper in three sets on Feb. 7 … on first match on court two against North Carolina A&T's Vasil Ivanov (6-2, 6-1) on Jan. 18 … garnered first career victory at Hawaii on Jan. 8.
Prior to Duke: Blue Chip prospect ranked second overall in TennisRecruiting.net's Class of 2019 ... No. 1 prospect in the state of Georgia and No. 4 in the southeast according to TennisRecruiting.net ... advanced to the singles quarterfinals draw at the USTA Boys 18 & 16 National Championships in August of 2017 ... received the Bobby Kaplan Sportsmanship Award for the Boys 16s at that event ... owns a career ATP singles ranking of 1,424 ... reached the Round of 16 in singles and the third round of doubles play at the 2019 USTA Boy's 18 National Championships.
Personal: Born on Dec. 17, 2000 … son of Jay and Lynn Johns ... mother played tennis at Villanova ... grandmother, Mary Lou Johns, was the head women's basketball coach at Memphis from 1972-91.
Coach Ramsey win vs NCState ACC Tourney 4/18/25
Friday, April 18
Coach Ramsey Win vs UND ACC Tournament 4/17/25
Thursday, April 17
Duke vs. Virginia: Coach Smith Post-Match Interview
Saturday, March 01
Duke Athletics: A Tour of Campus
Saturday, October 19
